RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26747, 16 April 1948, Page 8

RACING NEWS

By the Sporting Editor April 17 Southland R.C. April 16, 17 .. .. Whangarei R.C. April 17 Amberley R.C. April 17, 24 .. Hawke’s Bay J.C. April 24 Sth. Canterbury J.C. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENT “ Query,” Dunedin.—The rule governing apprentice allowances states that the allowance is 71b until the apprentice wins 11 races, 51b allowance after 11 wins, and up to 21 wins, and 31b allowance after 21 wins and up to 31 wins; Jotting The filly by Royal Chief from Sally Sage has been registered as Purple Sage. Jan. the sister to Eriskay, has been turned out for a spell at Otautau. All starts at the Wanganui meeting, including those of jumping races, will be made from stalls. Trophies valued at £165 will be given to winning trainers and jockeys in three of the jumping races at the Wanganui meeting. Hurdles Winner Result, the winner of the Karere Hurdles at the Manawatu meeting, is a four-year-old by The Bigot from Yola, by Nigger Minstrel from Golden Grafton. He races in the interests of Mr T. A. Duncan, who bred him. A Lengthy Spell Just when the Dunedin owner, Mr J. Brown, looked like winning a race with Bobby Dazzler after a number of minor placings, the Nightly gelding went lame, and he will probably require a lengthy spell. Favourite for Derby The favourite for the English Derby, to be run on June 5, is the French-bred colt My Babie, who is owned by the Gaekwar of Baroda. In Three Races Ronald Macdonald has been accepted for in no fewer than three races at the Amberley meeting to-morrow. Leading Jockey N. B. Holland is now at the head of the winning jockeys’ list with 37 wins, or three ahead of W. J. Broughton, who did not ride a winner at Awapuni. Offer for Chaffinch It is reported that a tempting oiler has been made for Chaffinch, the two-year-old half-brother to Maryburn, who won tlu: Novice Stakes at Blenheim. lie was bred and is owned by Mr D. Grant. He was got by Pink Coat from Miss Inchmahone, by Plantago from Inchmahone, by Winalot from Dalnamein, by tgunstar from Cascatella, by Hackler from Powerscourt, by Atheling from Waterfall, by Arbitrator. Early Win Indicated Substraction, who finished third in the first division of the Trial Handicap at Invercargill on Saturday, is a member of a well-known and very successful Otago family. She is a three-year-old by Battle Song from Withdrawal, by Paper Money from Traction, by Tractor from Droski, whose progeny included Ravenna, winner of the Invercargill Cup and Riverton Cup, and Overdrawn, who was another good money-spinner in the colours of his breeder, Mr L. C. Hazlett. This was Substraction’s fourth start, and her latest effort suggests that she may not be long in the novice grade. Someone Remembers Phar Lap died at Melo Park, California, 16 years ago last Monday, writes ■* Cardigan ” in the Melbourne Herald. There is somebody in Sydney who remembers the dead champion. Each year a wreath is nailed to the fence outside the main gate at Randwick. It was there again last Saturday, inscribed “In memory of Phar Lap, Australia’s greatest racehorse.” Old-timers may argue that Carbine was a better galloper than Phar Lap, and they may be right, but certainly no horse since Phar Lap’s death has equalled his amazing galloping ability.

A three-year-old child, David Benton whose parents live in Richmond street, was admitted to the Dunedin Hospital last night with a severelyinjured finger. He received the injury when his hand became caught in a lawn mower.